These are photos of Nicole Scherzinger during an appearance for The X Factor, in Florida. The first time I saw this hideous orange-purple trend on a real person at a real event was when Cheryl Cole made one of her first appearances in America, as one of the judges for Simon Cowell’s The X Factor. Cheryl was widely mocked for her Diane Von Furstenberg ensemble (below), but Cheryl might have gotten the last laugh as it seems everyone is jumping on the purple-orange bandwagon, from Jessica Alba, to Kim Kardashian, and now Cheryl’s X Factor replacement, Nicole Scherzinger.

So, Nicole decided to “copy” Cheryl’s orange-purple (with a twist) now that she (Nicole) has been named the replacement judge. Something about this style choice and the fact that Nicole looks increasingly like a Kardashian… well, Nicole is just rubbing me the wrong way. In addition to Nicole’s inability to find a different trend, Nicole’s former manager has also been sticking the knife into Cheryl Cole’s back in some new interviews:

Cheryl Cole may be alarmed by reports today, from Scherzinger’s former manager, claiming that Cheryl was only ever used as hype. Jeff Haddad, who managed the former Pussycat Doll for 13 years, has alleged that Nicole was always going to be on the panel. He claims that he had long discussions with Simon Cowell and Scherzinger was always a frontrunner for the judging panel job.

‘In my opinion, Simon always wanted Nicole as a judge. There was never a question that she wouldn’t get it’, Jeff told Heat Magazine. Nicole was always going to be on that judging panel and Cheryl was just being used as a cog in the wheel to cause hype and publicise the show.’

The magazine reported that Mr Haddad doesn’t recall Cheryl’s name being mentioned during talks about the role. After managing the star for over a decade, Haddad was apparently given the axe by Nicole shortly before her U.S. X Factor contract was signed, the magazine reported. But in his opinion he said that Cheryl’s accent wouldn’t have been the issue and was rather an excuse for publicity.

Regarding being allegedly fired by Nicole, he said: ‘If you serve as someone’s manager and develop their career for over a decade and that person didn’t pay you after landing the biggest TV show of their career, what does that tell you?’

An X Factor spokesperson dismissed the ex-managers claims of a publicity stunt as ‘complete and utter rubbish’.

Meanwhile, Simon Cowell has revealed that he will broadcast the footage of Cheryl Cole during her short stint on the US X Factor. Her appearances at the two audition venues she attended are said to be shown when the series is aired in September.

Cowell told Sky News: ‘We will show it. I mean it’s reality TV. There’s no point lying about it. It is what it is. It wasn’t really such a big deal as everybody thought. We have a lot of other shows. Something happened so we said, ‘Do you want to return to the UK show?’ and she said no. The we offered her the show back and I don’t think she wanted to come back… Truth is you’ve got to move on. It’s about the contestants. They’ve got no interest in us bickering.’

[From The Mail]

This is all so rude, and all it does is underline the fact that Nicole is simply a bland non-entity in the industry. The only way she makes news is when she’s copying Cheryl Cole or someone close to her is “telling all” – about Cheryl. Say what you will about Cheryl being cheesy or untalented or even disastrous, but Cheryl was watchable. People were interested in talking about her. No one gives a crap about Nicole. She’s unoriginal, uninspired and boring at best.

Photos courtesy of WENN.